Mahdia felt nervous as she sat in front of a mirror in the guest room. There aren't many people in the room, only Mrs. Siddiqui who is wearing her bangles and Mariam is in washroom getting ready while Zaynab is helping Mahdia get dressed, she stood beside her pinning dupatta of her beige and red bridal lehengha. Mahdia kept fidgeting with her Mehendi clad fingers and glancing at the wall clock.

After Mr. Malik had agreed, albeit reluctantly, Ahyan had not wasted a single minute rushing to Mrs. Siddiqui inviting them over and fixing the marriage. Though everything was fixed, neither Mahdia nor Ahyan felt satisfied, something felt incomplete probably because the Maliks haven't wholeheartedly accepted Mahdia yet. When Mahdia had expressed her concern over this to Ahyan and he had assured her that she will impress them.

Mahdia glanced at her mobile, she wanted Lydia to come for the wedding but at such short notice she couldn't make it and moreover, her stupid boyfriend slipped again and broke his arm this time.

'All done!' Zaynab announced taking a step back and admiring her hard-work. Mahdia looked up at her reflection. For a minute, she couldn't recognize who the gorgeous woman was.

Her make-up perfect. With smoky eyes and winged eyeliner, black kohl her eyes, blood red lipstick making her lips appear fuller, a slight blush on her cheeks. A delicate round nose-ring enhancing her face.

Her golden Jhumkas and neckpiece were very heavy but she had to wear them as it was kandani, from her mother's side. Mahdia adjusted her Dupatta over her head covering her mid-parted twisted bun.

'One minute.' Zaynab leaned forward and adjusted the maang tika that was on the right side of Mahdia's head.

'Aunty, you can see.' Zaynab said proudly. Mrs. Siddiqui quickly got up and adjusting her off-white saree she walked towards the mirror.

She felt tears in her eyes as she looked at her daughter in a bridal look. She complimented Zaynab and gave her blessings to Mahdia on the day of her wedding.

Mahdia felt butterflies as she sat with her mother, Zaynab, Mrs. Malik and Mariam waiting for the priest. They had covered half her face with veil and Mahdia was grateful for that as she didn't have to see anyone's face. The Malik's wanted this to be a silent affair and so invited only a few close guests. But some pesky news reporters managed to gate crash the wedding.

Even though Ahyan had strictly asked them to not come they did. No one wanted to miss the big scoop, after all, one of India's most eligible bachelor is finally getting married.

Mahdia felt lighter after the priest left for the gent's section. Zaynab and Mariam were first one to congratulate. Mahdia had simply nodded her head blushing hard. After the priest is done with the gent's section, she will legally be Ahyan's wife.

'Mrs. Mahdia Ahyan Malik' she blushed thinking.

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Zaynab giggled as she took Mahdia to Ahyan's room, all the while Mahdia had her head lowered she felt too shy to look around. Mariam was the only one who didn't understand why her aunt was blushing so much and the young women giggling.

'They are only going to sleep.' Mariam had thought.

Once in the room, Zaynab lifted Mahdia's veil and adjusted it properly on top of her head, she looked at her holding her arms.

'All the best.' Zaynab winked at her and Mahdia blushed lowering her head. Zaynab hugged her.

Mariam kept insisting that she wanted to sleep with her Aunt like always but Zaynab managed to coax her to sleep with her instead.

'I have many ninja turtle CDs, we can watch them all night.' Zaynab had said and that got Mariam instantly ready.

Once everybody had left and the door shut, there was complete silence in the room. Mahdia felt nervous. Suddenly, the videos Lydia had sent her flashed before her eyes and she felt more uneasy.

To distract herself she busied herself in removing the heavy jewellery. She dropped her dupatta from over her head and managed to remove her heavy necklace. She massaged her throat which felt lighter after that uncomfortable necklace was removed. She removed her nose ring and wore her tiny nose stud (she wanted to because it was Ahyan's favourite). She removed her bangles and proceed to remove her earring. She was done with one but was struggling with the other, when the door opened and she nearly jumped on the spot.

Ahyan had just entered the room. For a second, he is surprised to find a woman in his room and then realized the woman is wife.

He is now married.

Mahdia looked at him, in navy blue high collar simple shervani he looked stunning. Her cheeks turned red as she realized he is now her husband. Suddenly she felt shy and she looked away. Ahyan smiled and closed the door. Mahdia felt her heart skip a beat as he locked the door.

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Shaadi Mubarak :) :) What you guys think is going to happen, next guys? Now, our leads are married ;)

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